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Dialectic of Defeat: A Collaboration with Red Library, Part I
Dialectic of Defeat: A Collaboration with Red Library, Part I
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76 minutes
Released:
Aug 11, 2019
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Podcast episode
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Red Library is a great podcast that analyzes and discusses important works of Marxist (and other leftist) literature, and we are big fans. So, we are happy to announce that this week we teamed up with them to read and talk about Dialectic of Defeat: Contours of Western Marxism by Russell Jacoby. The discussion ran long, so it has been broken into two parts. This is part one.In Dialectic of Defeat, Jacoby examines the losers of the Marxist tradition and argues that there is something to be learned from them, even in their defeat. He exhorts us to read the heretics, doubt the orthodoxies, and truly understand all of the rich and varied currents of Marxism, even if they ultimately failed to create a successful revolution. After all, all of our gods failed us in the end.Either that, or we failed them. Jacoby, Russell. Dialectic of defeat : contours of western Marxism. Cambridge, U.K. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2002. Print.Music:Modern Life Is War- Farmer's Holiday Association Support the show
Released:
Aug 11, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
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